Recent articles here have explored Western culture in the 13th century, when the great Gothic cathedrals were built. What was happening in Khmer society at
The last article here explored the transition from thought in the Middle Ages to the modern world, but the medieval world was much more dynamic
Several ideas that dominated modern Western thought emerged during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, such as: Though their dominance didn’t mature until the
The Nok culture spread a seminal style of sculpture between 900 BCE and 300 CE as its people built over 500 agricultural settlements in Central
Westerners have often assumed that creating images is about mimesis–realistically imitating what people see in the physical world. But other cultures have created images according
I’ve recently written several articles here on Gothic cathedrals and Khmer temples. What was happening in India at the same time? Indians were also
Ancient Greeks had a knack for describing concrete events that were bound to specific locations, even when the Odyssey described Odysseus’s travels through the western
Chartres Cathedral and Bourges Cathedral initiated the two classic High Gothic styles. Chartres was imitated more, and it’s much better known. But Bourges Cathedral is
Angkor Wat awes, but Banteay Srei wins hearts. Many visitors to Angkor say that Banteay Srei is their favorite Khmer temple. It was built late